GAVI, officially Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is a supranational public-private partnership based in Geneva, Switzerland.
History
Gavi was founded in 1999 under its original name, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, subsequently launching in 2000.[1] It was formed as a successor to the Children’s Vaccine Initiative, which was itself founded following the World Summit for Children held in New York in September 1990.[2] United States President Bill Clinton announced a $50 million investment into the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines “to support GAVI's work.” Early board members included Carol Bellamy, then-Executive Director of UNICEF.[3]
Gavi launched the Innovation for Uptake, Scale and Equity in Immunisation (INFUSE) program in 2016 in Davos, Switzerland.[4]
On December 11, 2018, Gavi and Mastercard announced a partnership to increase immunization rates in five countries by introducing "a card with a digital immunization record, to each participating child’s caregiver."[5]
COVID-19
On December 11, 2020, Gavi entered into a purchase agreement on behalf of the COVAX facility with the Government of South Africa to acquire around 12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.[6]
On January 19, 2023, Gavi launched "INFUSE 2.0" to "accelerate immunisation systems upgrades" and "to promote access to new and under-used vaccines and immunisation innovations."[4:1] The program plans to raise $500 million in funding by 2030, starting with support from Google.org, the Coca-Cola Foundation, and Alwaleed Philanthropies.
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy Evans | Co-founder[7] | COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, Event 201, A Spreading Plague, McGill University |
External links
GAVI – The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. (2010, December 11). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20220405071444/https://www.who.int/workforcealliance/members_partners/member_list/gavi/en/ ↩︎
Caddell, A. (1997). The Children’s Vaccine Initiative. Africa Health, 20(1), 15. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12348372/ ↩︎
Martin, J.-F., & Jacobs, L. (2000, September). Global Vaccine Fund Commits $150 Million in Vaccines and Funding over Five Years to 13 Developing Countries. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618203713/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Ideas/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2000/09/The-Global-Fund-for-Childrens-Vaccines ↩︎
INFUSE. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Retrieved July 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230710132907/https://www.gavi.org/investing-gavi/infuse ↩︎ ↩︎
Gavi and Mastercard Join Forces to Reach More Children with Lifesaving Vaccines. (2018, December 11). Mastercard. http://archive.today/2023.03.16-153530/https://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/gavi-and-mastercard-join-forces-to-reach-more-children-with-lifesaving-vaccines/ ↩︎
The Government of South Africa and Gavi Alliance Commitment Agreement (Committed Purchase Agreement). (2020). Health Justice Initiative. https://web.archive.org/web/20230907174644/https://healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/COVAX-Facility-–-Gavi-Alliance-–-Committed-Purchase-Agreement.pdf ↩︎
Tim Evans. World Bank Blogs. Retrieved May 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.05.12-164342/https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/team/t/tim-evans ↩︎
